Like I said, I do agree with Scott Adams that... like, I personally do live in a state of war.
i should probably clarify this bit lol
i've never been in nam or iraq or any shit like that and maybe i'm, like, diminishing people's actual experiences in actual wars by saying that. i don't know. has anyone here been in an actual war the way people usually think of it? well, if i'm an asshole for saying i feel like i'm in a war, i'm an asshole
with scott adams war is "kill or be killed", it's that old patton quote where "war isn't about dying for your country, it's about making the other poor bastard die for his", and i guess i'm the other poor bastard. i think that patton quote is bullshit, the way generals look at it. to me war is about one thing and one thing only - not dying. i feel like it's a war because there are a lot of people in power who very clearly want those of us who fly the good ol' pink white and blue dead and and are putting that power to use in organized ways
it feels like a war because you never see the one that has your name on it. it feels like war because any of us could go at any time for no reason at all. it feels like war because there's some nebulous idea of "normal life" out there but i don't know where it is or what i'd do if we got there. it feels like war because i have no idea what's going to happen, good or bad. it feels like war because we could _lose_, and i'm very aware of it, and very aware of the possible thing that could to us if we did, and i try not to think about it. it feels like war because i try to make some meaning in my life besides survival but it feels like a ridiculous charade. it feels like war because the idea of being a "civilian" is ridiculous and absurd. it doesn't matter that i don't carry a gun and don't actually want to kill anybody. i'm one of _them_.
so yeah i do feel like i'm living in the middle of a war. it's not one i want. it's one i hope ends soon. i'm not the one fighting it, though, so it's not up to me. all i'm trying to do is continue to exist in the face of people who are very very upset, like scott adams-level upset, about my existing.
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 26 January 2024 19:36 (three months ago) link
One thing that's a bummer is when you try to meet up with a message board pal who's in town for a festival, but he doesn't reply to your texts. :(
― jaymc, Sunday, 28 January 2024 16:24 (three months ago) link
RIP Charlie Chuck
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 3 February 2024 21:40 (three months ago) link
Not seeing this anywhere
― Mark G, Monday, 5 February 2024 11:30 (three months ago) link
Ok, I see this is not the RIP thread. As u were ..
― Mark G, Monday, 5 February 2024 11:33 (three months ago) link
this is genuinely one of the worst posts in ilx history
― imago, Monday, 5 February 2024 23:54 (three months ago) link
braggart
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 5 February 2024 23:55 (three months ago) link
tbf imago does have expertise here ;)
― rob, Monday, 5 February 2024 23:55 (three months ago) link
D:
― imago, Monday, 5 February 2024 23:57 (three months ago) link
just teasing sweetie
― rob, Monday, 5 February 2024 23:59 (three months ago) link
D: reamed
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 00:00 (three months ago) link
i'm not supposed to ask or care about such things, but i do wonder, because i love it so much when people do turn out to be queer. it's none of my business, but it's a good thing, something i want to celebrate. and people don't necessarily feel that way about themselves.
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 8 February 2024 17:21 (two months ago) link
this session of heuristicaholics anonymous is very spry. "hi i'm hunt3r, and you JUST KNOW that..."
― a single gunshot and polite applause (Hunt3r), Sunday, 11 February 2024 16:27 (two months ago) link
I didn’t know Madison Bumgarner posted here
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Sunday, 11 February 2024 18:15 (two months ago) link
While the eggs are frying, prepare an ice bath: fill a bowl full of cold water, with 1 cup of ice cubes. This ice bath will stop the eggs from cooking when you remove them from the pan. When the timer goes off, kill the heat and immediately move the fried eggs from the pan with a spatula to the ice bath.
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 12 February 2024 15:17 (two months ago) link
that's not how my friends do it. when they remove the eggs they ice the area the eggs were removed _from_.
― Kate (rushomancy), Monday, 12 February 2024 15:54 (two months ago) link
Iced fried eggs?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 12 February 2024 19:15 (two months ago) link
i often don't feel comfortable posting here these days, not for one particular reason. i can barely explain it. i just know that i used to write things and not worry about it so much, and i miss that
― z_tbd, Friday, 16 February 2024 18:22 (two months ago) link
Post pictures instead!
― Dr Drudge (Bob Six), Friday, 16 February 2024 18:43 (two months ago) link
ha! i have been, for real! but sometimes i feel pictured out
― z_tbd, Friday, 16 February 2024 18:49 (two months ago) link
i am so tired of arguing to have my voice heard. i don't blame you for being apprehensive.
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Friday, 16 February 2024 20:42 (two months ago) link
'shutting up' would do
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 19 February 2024 11:44 (two months ago) link
(very much not to LL, to whom much love!)
Post more please z_tbd
― H.P, Monday, 19 February 2024 12:41 (two months ago) link
COME BACK
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 February 2024 12:58 (two months ago) link
I think if you stop posting the baseball board will tip to just over 50% Giants fans and I really can't have that happening
― H.P, Monday, 19 February 2024 13:01 (two months ago) link
Yeah, LL's posts are top shelf.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 19 February 2024 13:52 (two months ago) link
La Lechera is an ilx treasure, all sensible people agree on this.
― fleetwood macrame (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 19 February 2024 15:02 (two months ago) link
yes agreed, don’t leave LL.
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Monday, 19 February 2024 15:33 (two months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwrVePMx6t0
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Monday, 19 February 2024 15:41 (two months ago) link
LL's an all-timer and a great person! i haven't been following threads as closely as usual recently so i'm not sure what's going on, but listening to LL is a reliably good move.
― z_tbd, Monday, 19 February 2024 16:04 (two months ago) link
Very much appreciate LL!!
― brimstead, Monday, 19 February 2024 18:22 (two months ago) link
If I haven’t left yet, slim chance I’m going anywhere at this point lol. I like this place as a spot to focus conversation about specific things (not a microblogging platform). I posted that bc I deeply understand the apprehension to post bc of the potential for getting into it, which I do not enjoy, or inviting condescension, which I don’t need. I think about it for a while before I post and I don’t really think that’s a bad thing. All the deleted posts that could have been are resting peacefully, unposted. Ty for the appreciation.
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Monday, 19 February 2024 19:38 (two months ago) link
I don't think any of your questions are genuine.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 18:00 (two months ago) link
La Lechera i pray you not go, and that’s sincere. otoh i do not blee in god so not sure my whip hand is v strong. just stay
― a single gunshot and polite applause (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 19:05 (two months ago) link
Yeah, LL should post more, not less (if you want to).
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 21:46 (two months ago) link
worst thing about pregabalin fic is that every one of them quotes the lyrics to "miracles" like they're the first people to think of it
― Kate (rushomancy), Saturday, 24 February 2024 20:51 (two months ago) link
shaking my head, missed a golden opportunity to tell them to fuck off
― Morris O’Shea Salazar (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 2 March 2024 12:56 (two months ago) link
People are missing how that was an impressive power move.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Sunday, 3 March 2024 19:38 (two months ago) link
It is a truth universally acknowledged that one is never more than three feet from a post about Rush or Pavement.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Thursday, 7 March 2024 21:27 (one month ago) link
rattled by the rush posts?
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Thursday, 7 March 2024 21:33 (one month ago) link
T/S Rush or Pavement
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 7 March 2024 21:34 (one month ago) link
Scuttled by the Rutles posts.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Thursday, 7 March 2024 21:38 (one month ago) link
Shot down on the Pavement
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 7 March 2024 21:41 (one month ago) link
lol dude, do you have an alert set for this thread? like clockwork.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 7 March 2024 21:59 (one month ago) link
LOL moi? I just post when something occurs to me (which is probably too often).
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 8 March 2024 18:47 (one month ago) link
But enough about Taylor Swift.
― clemenza, Friday, 8 March 2024 22:27 (one month ago) link
progressive bag. bagwave.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 19:23 (one month ago) link
Bagcore
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 19:55 (one month ago) link
if robert fripp actually sucked dick he'd practice eight hours a day so he could fellate people harder and deeper than anyone else. not on another human being, though.
he would also refer to blowjobs as "rock concerts" for some reason
― Kate (rushomancy), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 14:08 (one month ago) link